Weak defensively and is blowing out of his after a few mins on the pitch

Have look at who's in the first 2 to chase the kicks down. You don't do that if you are struggling. He looks knackered but is deceptively quick.

i noticed that, he did look like he was out of breath, but then when the ball came anywhere near him he sprung up and was never caught out.

As you said as well, was one of the first to every chase. TBH i think we just notice more when riddells tired because people are looking for him to be tired. He's done 60 minutes or thereabouts the last few games hasn't he?

I wasn't impressed at all by Riddell on his first arriving, but I do think that his 'piggy' appearance is creating the impression that he's an overweight slob, when in actual fact he's fitter and quicker than he looks.

I still think he could lose a little weight, but an Aussie friend has now told me that he looked exactly the same Down Under, while presumably playing at the peak of his powers.

I've seen him quite abit bigger whilst playing down under tbh.

I think overall Riddell is always going to be a player that people will love or hate. Some will like the fact this tubby bloke who looks like a guy who should be sat in the stand having a beer and a pie can get out on the field and play to what is a very good standard whereas others won't be able to look past his appearence and everytime he does something bad will throw that in his face.

To sum him up as a player without the first impressions of appearence he's a good player. He distributes well, he's pretty quick, he tackles well, he's tough and he plays the game with a smile on his face. He isn't in the class of a Terry Newton for us but he's one of superleagues better hookers and has some improvment in him.

The good thing for us is that we have some good quality back up to him which will keep him on his toes.

Really, consider what you are writing.